Hiking Up Steady Brook Falls in Corner Brook, Newfoundland

Steady Brook Falls just outside of Corner Brook, Newfoundland (Canada).

A morning spent caving in Corner Brook, Newfoundland was pretty exhilarating, so the afternoon was left for a short one-kilometre hike up Steady Brook Falls.

For those willing to forge through a Newfoundland winter, Marble Mountain is, from what I hear, the only decent ski hill in the Maritimes. Before the snow starts piling up, though, hikers can take the gentle hike up Steady Brook Falls, 100 feet of tumbling water (the start is just behind George’s Mountain Village at the base of Marble Mountain).

We kept our eyes out on the left for the drop to a perfect picnic spot. You almost have to get on your butt to slide down, but it’s only a few steps to the flat rocks below.

Here, we rewarded ourselves for an adventurous day by bringing out a little propane stove and cooking up a delicious lunch of rice, veggies and a loaf of bread. Eating in the cool, fresh air, with a few snowflakes falling beside a waterfall sure makes the food taste even better

During lunch we watched a couple do the MarbleZip line, a fairly new attraction in Steady Brook. I’m planning on trying it out, too.

Making Lunch at Steady Brook Falls near Corner Brook, Newfoundland (Canada).

What I Liked:

• In the summertime, at the place where we stopped to eat, locals get up on one of the big rocks and jump into a pool just before the water goes over the falls. The current supposedly pulls you back in before you go over the edge, which we could see from where we sat. But it would still scare me!
• Although the sun was out, the temperature was crisp (OK, just plain cold to me) enough to let go of a few snowflakes while we ate. Yes, they cooled the food considerably and froze our fingers, but there was something even more divine about the setting with the spattering of snowflakes slightly veiling the fall-coloured forest in the background of the waterfall. Picture perfect.